This is the way my grandmother taught it to me.
Bill McCluskey, big and husky, was a handsome man,
Bill McCluskey had, a purdy little girl by the name of Pearl.
Bill McCluskey, big and husky, stuttered very bad,
And when he wanted her to marry him, he told her brother Jim.
"You go-g-go and tell her, cause I st-st-st-stutter so,
My ta-ta-ta-tongue and tonsils seem to ta-ta-ta-touch,
I'm tha-tha-thinking of her, cause I la-la-la-la-love her
You go-g-go and tell her, cause I st-st-st-stutter so,
I st-st-st-stutter too much."
Bill McCluskey, big and husky, was a handsome man,
Bill McCluskey had, a purdy little girl by the name of Pearl.
Bill McCluskey, big and husky, stuttered very bad,
And when he wanted her to marry him, he told her brother Jim.
"You go-g-go and tell her, cause I st-st-st-stutter so,
My ta-ta-ta-tongue and tonsils seem to ta-ta-ta-touch,
I'm tha-tha-thinking of her, cause I la-la-la-la-love her
You go-g-go and tell her, cause I st-st-st-stutter so,
I st-st-st-stutter too much."